CrowdRise is a unique blend of crowdfunding, social networking, contests, and other good stuff. It is about giving back, raising lots of money for great causes and having a whole lot of fun while doing it.
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At the recent Forbes Women’s Summit 2013 in New York entitled “Power Redefined; Generations Unite to Change the World,” Badr Jafar, CEO of Crescent Enterprises, a UAE-based conglomerate operating across multiple core sectors of the global economy was the only man invited to speak at the event with over 200 participants of women global CEO’s and public officials.
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The International Women Entrepreneurs Forum (IWEF) brings together women entrepreneurs from around the world. The current program started in Istanbul and runs until today – May 4th. The panelists reflected on the role of women in the global economy and Turkish economy.
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Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. is working on a new project to benefit Coke and empower female entrepreneurs around the world.
Coke is teaming up with the International Finance Corp. (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group,
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The promotion of international women’s issues as a key component of U.S. diplomatic and development efforts cannot begin and end with former Secretary Clinton’s personal interest and hard work. Newly appointed Secretary of State John Kerry must ensure that the initiatives and funding for women’s and girls’ issues championed by former Secretary Clinton continue over the next four years.
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The Coca-Cola Company has a big goal:
To enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across our global value chain by 2020.
Learn more about The Coca-Cola Company: 5by20 and how they are helping women succeed in the global marketplace.
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Leila Janah (pictured) is Founder and CEO of Samasource. Prior to Samasource:
Janah was a a Visiting Scholar with the Stanford Program on Global Justice and Australian National University’s Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.
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According to “India is Great For Women Entrepreneurs, Bad For Women. How Is This Possible?,” Amit Midha, Dell’s Chairman For Global Emerging Markets says:
“We have found the ideal country for a woman starting a business in 2012 could well be India.”
How can this be?
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The Malaysia External Trade Development Corp. (Matrade) wants to produce 200 new women exporters via the Women Exporters Development Programme (WEDP) by 2015.
We will produce 24 export-driven women entrepreneurs a year and we aim to achieve our target by 2015,”
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Christopher Schroeder at PandoDaily will be sharing his stories over the next two weeks (don’t miss them) on the changing Middle East and it involves rockin’ women entrepreneurs.
They are running platforms for Arabic translation out of Beirut,
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